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What Causes Extreme Mood Swings In An Elderly Lady?
My mother is 66 years old. She has been exhibiting a lot of anger and hatred to people around with absolutely no patience of any kind for anything. She had a doctor that used to give her pills upon pills but he is no longer in practice. he had her on oxycontin with Vicodin for years. Now she is with a new doctor. She has diabetes that she does not control with her diet in any form. She also has to get Magnesium infusions twice a week.
Wed, 25 Sep 2019
Hello,
The extreme mood swings with diabetes (uncontrolled) at age of 66 narrate issues with cerebral neuro transmitters as serotonin, acetyl choline and dopamine most likely.
Actually she requires a multi modality approach of
- diabetes control
- supportive medications of mood swing control as per the cause in terms of selective Serotonin reuptake inhibitor, anxiolytics or else
- correction of micro nutrient deficiencies
- care of hydration, nutrition
- life style modifications
- psychotherapy counselling with suggestion therapy
- avoidance of smoking, alcohol if consuming
- evaluation for chronic micro vascular dementia of brain via MRI
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Wishing you all the best.
Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
The extreme mood swings with diabetes (uncontrolled) at age of 66 narrate issues with cerebral neuro transmitters as serotonin, acetyl choline and dopamine most likely.
Actually she requires a multi modality approach of
- diabetes control
- supportive medications of mood swing control as per the cause in terms of selective Serotonin reuptake inhibitor, anxiolytics or else
- correction of micro nutrient deficiencies
- care of hydration, nutrition
- life style modifications
- psychotherapy counselling with suggestion therapy
- avoidance of smoking, alcohol if consuming
- evaluation for chronic micro vascular dementia of brain via MRI
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Wishing you all the best.
Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
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